THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 5 OCT 1861 CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA YORKTOWN VIRGINIA

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The Illustrated London News was first printed in 1842. It is a fine example of an historic record of British and World events. This edition of The Illustrated London News, Saturday, October 5, 1861, includes the following:- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING:- PROGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE MACHINERY DEPARTMENT......... STATUE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, TO BE ERECTED AT SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE....... THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA: VIEW OF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, FROM THE OLD NELSON HOUSE......... "THE DEATH OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR" DRAWN BY J. GILBERT............(FULL PAGE)........ THE WESTERN DEFENCES OF DEVONPORT AND PLYMOUTH......... THE FRONT OF THE LINE OF DEFENCE......... SS. THE ST. GERMANS RIVER - SCREASDEN FORT - KEYHAM, AND DEVONPORT DOCKYARD - TREGANTLE POINT - RAME HEAD - WHITSAND BAY......... FORT TREGANTLE FROM THE REAR............ WHITSAND BAY - THE BARRACKS - THE KEEP........... PROGRESS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING..........(FULL PAGE)......... THE NOVA SCOTIAN GOLDFIELDS......... GOLDWASHING NEAR LUNENBURG........ VIEW OF LUNENBURG FROM BATTERY POINT.......... THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA: MUNSON'S HILL, WITH THE EARTHWORKS THROWN UP BY THE CONFEDERATES IN FRONT OF THE UNION LINES, VIRGINIA.......... VIEW OF THE RUINS OF LENDAL BRIDGE, YORK, TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITS FALL......... OPENING OF THE ITALIAN EXPOSITION AT FLORENCE BY VICTOR EMMANUEL.........(FULL PAGE)......... HOP-GARDEN NEAR FARNHAM, SURREY.......... MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. BOYD AND SIX SEAMEN OF H.M.S. AJAX, IN MONKSTOWN CHURCHYARD, NEAR KINGSTOWN......... HOME FOR FIFTY BOYS RECENTLY BUILT ON THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY'S FARM, REDHILL, AT THE EXPENSE OF MR. SAMUEL GURNEY, M.P. THE CAVALLI CANNON AT THE FLORENCE EXHIBITION.......... CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB BY THE PRINCE OF WALES.......... FULLER (BAPTIST) CHAPEL, KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE......... REMOVAL OF A CHAPEL AT MELTON, NEAR WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK......... TEXT ON THE FOLLOWING:- THE REVENUE........ Discussed....... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.......... From:- France - Portugal - Austria and Hungary - Russia and Poland....... THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA........ The Canadian steamer "North Briton" brings New York journals ti tge 19th and telegrams to the 21st....... The only fighting of importance has taken place in Western Missouri, at a town called Lexington........ General Price, of the States' rights party, commenced the attack on the Federal intrenchments, defended by Colonel Mulligan's command, on the 16th ult...... The most important political news of the week under review is the rescinding of the slave emancipation clause of General Fremont's proclamation......letter of President Lincoln, Washington, Sept. 11....... THE CORONATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA....... Programme of the coronation....... COUNTRY NEWS......... The Queen has approved of Mr. John S. Prettyman as Consul at Glasgow for the United States of America........ Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, the residence of Mr. Davenport, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night........ METROPOLITAN NEWS.......... Civic Banquet at the Mansion House.......The Election of Lord Mayor.........Births and Deaths registered in London last week........ STATUE OF SIR J. FRANKLIN........ The statue has been executed by Mr. C. Bacon......the statue was cast in bronze by Mr. Rogers...... YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA......... One of the most important strongholds in Virginia is the peninsula between the York and James Rivers, on which are Williamsburg, the ancient capital of Virginia; Jamestown, where was the first English settlement; and Yorktown - these three localities being still in the possession of the... read more

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